Swallowtail Road Chesterfield
32 addresses across 3 postcodes (S40,S42), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 7126165.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £309,995 across 6 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Chesterfield cost £202,519 in August 2026 (+3% on a year); private rents averaged £760 a month.
- Energy: 17 homes have an energy certificate (B: 17).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: 2 of its postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Chesterfield costs £2,339 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Chesterfield, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 460 m (0.3 miles) away, and Holmebrook Valley Park (62 hectares) is about 790 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 114 to 131 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 64 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Chatsworth Road Medical Centre, about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 26 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | £309,995 | £279,995 | £405,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | 1 S40 4FS | Detached | £294,995 | New build. |
| 25 Apr 2025 | 2 S40 4FS | Detached | £405,000 | New build. |
| 31 Mar 2025 | 3 S40 4FS | Detached | £324,995 | New build. |
| 9 May 2025 | 4 S40 4FS | Semi-detached | £279,995 | New build. |
| 7 Jul 2025 | 6 S40 4FS | Semi-detached | £289,500 | New build. |
| 28 Nov 2025 | 8 S40 4FS | Detached | £337,500 | New build. |
House prices and rents in Chesterfield
A typical home in Chesterfield cost £202,519 in August 2026, 3% more than a year before. That is 14% more than five years earlier and 41% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £322,413 |
| Semi-detached | £194,103 |
| Terraced | £154,611 |
| Flat or maisonette | £111,510 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £177,131 |
Private renters in Chesterfield paid £760 a month on average in September 2026, 3.4% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £542 |
| Two bedrooms | £698 |
| Three bedrooms | £835 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,173 |
Energy performance certificates
17 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 106 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (9); House, detached (8). Built: 2025 (9); 2026 (8).
Each home's certificates and sales (17 addresses)
- 1 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 2 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 3 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 4 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 5 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 6 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 7 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 8 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 9 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 10 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 11 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 12 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 15 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 17 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 19 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 21 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
- 23 Swallowtail Road, Holme Hall
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 23,159 kWh of it on average in 2024, 107% more than the district's 11,167 kWh, and 4,343 kWh of electricity, 53% more than the district's 2,834 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is S40.
Council tax
What each band costs in Chesterfield in 2026-27: Band D £2,339 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,560 | £1,820 | £2,080 | £2,339 | £2,859 | £3,379 | £3,899 | £4,679 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (36% of about 530 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| S40 4FS | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| S40 4FX | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| S42 7PS | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
2 of the street's 3 postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground. 1 more is elsewhere in the coalfield, at low risk.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 64 addresses are between 114 m and 131 m above sea level (122 m on average); the ground rises about 17 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S40 4FS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| S42 7PS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Chesterfield 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Dronfield 230,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) | |
| Dore and Totley 240,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10 km (6.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 37 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Grange Holme Hall | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Clay Cross | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Factory Street Car Park | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 46.7 km (29 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chatsworth Road Medical Centre Outstanding Oct 2016 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Holme Hall Pharmacy | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Oasis Dental Care | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Scarsdale Hospital | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Care homes | 4 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ashgate House Care Home Good Mar 2023 | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Newbold Police SNT | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Central England Co-Op - Holmehall, Holme Hall Cashzone | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.0 ha | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Holmebrook Valley Park 62 ha | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 440 m² | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Manor Fields 2.5 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Old Road Allotments 1.1 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 64 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Brampton Barn, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Brampton Barn | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Queen's Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ashgate Plantation | Wood | 330 m east |
| Oxclose Plantation | Wood | 430 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Threenook Plantation | Wood | 550 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Sims Wood | Wood | 890 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Lower Linacre Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Brockwell Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 63 | 64 |
1 of the street's 64 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Chesterfield: see them on the Chesterfield page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holme Hall Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 700 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 66% in 2023) |
| Brookfield Community School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 52.0 (50.8 in 2025 and 52.2 in 2024); 55.6% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; 11.8% AAB or better; progress average |
| Westfield Infant School | Primary | 5–7 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
| Old Hall Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | 74% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 15% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 66% in 2023) |
| Brockwell Nursery and Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | None published |
| Brockwell Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 77% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 77% in 2023) |
| St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Outstanding (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 60.3 (59.4 in 2025 and 56.6 in 2024); 66.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B; 24.3% AAB or better; progress average |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.2 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storrs Road Pre-School S40 3NR | Sessional day care | 26 | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| The Kidz Lounge Limited S40 3NW | Out-of-school day care | 35 | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 276 childminders and 28 home childcarers (nannies) in Derbyshire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashgate Hospice S42 7JD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 340 m | 5 Very good | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Ashgate Care Limited S42 7JE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 27 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 10 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 7 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Woodnook Close (20); On or near Thorne Close (5); On or near The Grange (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 15% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 70% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- S40 4FS: 28 addresses of 32 in the postcode
- S40 4FX: 3 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- S42 7PS: 1 address of 20 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Bilberry Drive · Bilberry Drive · Hemlock Rise · Wood Aven Drive · The Grange · Bugle Street · Woodnook Close · Fairfield Court · Thorne Close · Woodnook Way · Fairfield Drive · Abbeyhill Close
All the streets in S40, S42 and across Chesterfield.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.